The Internet As A Technological Taxi

Article by Sunny Handa and Céline Poitras (student-at-law)

The Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), in recent years, has seemingly developed a newfound interest in matters of copyright which, for decades prior to the digital revolution, had been perceived as a relatively sleepy law to many. Over the past decade, however, that has changed. The SCC released a number of key decisions, some foundational in nature, that help us better understand the functioning of copyright law, which has become increasingly important in the digital age.

The SCC recently released five decisions on a single day. A previous Blakes Bulletin on Intellectual Property discussed two of the decisions; this bulletin addresses the other three. Two of them – Entertainment Software Association v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada and Rogers Communications Inc. v. Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada – consider what qualifies as the communication